I've seen most of those. I love the shoes episode and the Scotsman was great fun.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > You have *got* to catch the one where he fights the Viking king...the ep > where he's trapped amidst a book of the dead reanimated by Aku and has to > fight and fight and fight to survive...the moving take on "300" that's an > exciting battle..and eerie show that's mostly in black and white about a > spirit infesting a home where horrors took place years before. And funny > shows too, like both dealing with the Scotsman, whose sword and skills rival > Jack's, but whose greatest weapon may be his rotund wife...the one where Jack > loses his sandals and spends the show trying on all types of modern shoes, > but keeps stumbling and falling and failing, much to the amusement of the > gang he's trying to subdue--great stuff! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "daikaiju66" <daikaij...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:23:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "Samurai Jack" Reruns on Boomerang > > > > > > > Cool. There were quite a few episodes I never got to watch so now I can play > catch up. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > > > Can't agree more, Keith. I still can't quite get Boomerang on my set yet. > > The digital signal keeps popping in and out constantly. Comcrap says that > > they may have given us bad set-top boxes. *Four* of them... > > > > (spit!) > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > From: KeithBJohnson@ > > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:25:44 +0000 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] "Samurai Jack" Reruns on Boomerang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For the past couple of weeks I've been enjoying reruns of this, one of the > > greatest animated series I've ever seen. If you've never seen "Samurai > > Jack", then do yourself a favor and check it out. Don't let the oddly flat > > looking animation throw you. Don't be turned off by the idea of a Samurai > > nicknamed "Jack" in a strange future. If you see a couple of eps that seem > > kinda silly or light, don't give up. Tartokovsky crafted an incredibly good > > show here, full of action, adventure, and some surprisingly effective > > drama. I can think of a couple of shows that literally had my mouth hanging > > open, and a couple that had me near misty eyed (see Jack battle the cursed > > Viking warrior for example). It's fun when they riff on that anime standard > > of characters freezing in moments of high action: you know, when a > > character delivers a fatal sword stroke, then freezes in that move, while > > the enemy dies, or explodes, as the case is here. There's good music, good > > writing, and memorable characters. > > > > If Boomerang had to replace Justice League, this is one of the better > > choices to take its place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you're up to on > > Facebook. > > http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_facebook:082009 > > > > >
